Plant-Based Protein Facility Schedule Review
A new food plant with a product launch date fixed before the design was complete.
- Owner
- Confidential
- Region
- U.S. Midwest
- Market
- Food & Beverage
- Our role
- Schedule review and updates
- Size
- 260,000 SF
- Delivery
- Design-Build
- Duration
- 22 months
- Completed
- 2024
What was at stake.
The launch date was public. The design-builder's schedule assumed equipment would arrive as ordered and that sanitary finishes could overlap with equipment setting. Neither assumption was tested.
What we did.
Beck Franklin's role: schedule review and updates. We advise and measure; the contractor builds.
Baseline review
We tested the baseline for logic, equipment lead times and the overlap of finishes and equipment setting.
Equipment tracker
Each major equipment package was tracked from purchase order to factory test to delivery.
Monthly reviews
Each update was reviewed for logic changes, lost float and progress that did not match the field.
Owner briefings
The owner received a short monthly briefing with the three items most likely to move the launch.
What the team delivered.
When the launch is public, the schedule has to be tested in private first. That is what each review was for.
Senior scheduler, Beck Franklin
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Facing something like this?
Send us the schedule and the date that matters. We will tell you what is driving it and where you can still act. Repeat or similar projects qualify for our discounted Program Rate.